Sponsored Research Awards, Q3 of FY21

In the third quarter of fiscal year 2021 (first quarter of calendar year 2021), GSO received $6.1 million in research funding. The following are individual new awards:

Investigator(s)SponsorAmountTitle
Peter CornillonNational Aeronautics and Space Administration$70,000A Framework for the Deconvolution of Oversampled Fields of Geophysical Parameters Obtained from Satellite-Borne Passive Microwave Radiometers
Annette DeSilvaNational Science Foundation$236,079Virtual Workshop Series for OOI Pioneer Array Future Location
Steven D'Hondt, Robert PockalnyNational Science Foundation$548,342Collab. Research: Influence of Pressure on Microbial Communities in Subseafloor Sediment at Hadal, Abyssal, Bathyal, and Shell Water Depths
Tetsu HaraNational Science Foundation$363,399Collab. Research: Wind Turbulence Over Shoaling Surface Waves and Their Impact on Air-Sea Fluxes
Kelton McMahonNational Science Foundation$739,132Collab. Research: Sources and Transformations of Export Production: A Novel 50-Year Record of Pelagic-Benthic Coupling From Coral and Plankton Bioarchives
Holly Morin, Dwight ColemanOcean Exploration Trust$149,798OECI-OET-ISC Education/Outreach Video Production/Broadcasting
Dennis NixonNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$59,0002021 Knauss Fellowship — Alyssa (Elle) Wibisono
Christopher RomanUniversity of Connecticut at Storrs$92,293NIUVT 2020 SEED 26: Low-Cost Real-Time Visual Odometry for Underwater Navigation
Elin Torell, Brian CrawfordDAI Global, LLC.$200,000DAI-Integrated Natural Resource Management